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Although not essential to every family, many families find that having a support network of other parents participating in homeschooling can assist with the hurdles that homeschoolers occasionally face.
As homeschooling has grown in popularity, the number of support groups in local communities has skyrocketed. These support groups can provide additional resources, play days, workshops, social events for parents, or a wide variety of other activities. Lists of local groups are often available from libraries or other homeschoolers.
Another avenue for information about support groups and virtual support groups is the Internet. Thousands of homeschooling parents and children are participating in e-mail based support groups, where members post messages that are sent by e-mail to members of the group as they occur or daily.
A good resource for both e-mail support groups and local support groups is Jon’s Homeschool Resource Page. The lists are up-to-date and separated by state and country.
Several Yahoo chat groups are available for Calvert families. Although privately owned and operated, they often provide valuable support and information about successfully homeschooling with Calvert School. To participate in these Yahoo groups, you must have Yahoo e-mail account, which is available at no charge at www.yahoo.com.
The Yahoo Groups, and their web site’s explanation of what they offer Calvert families, include:
Calvert - Welcome to a friendly group of parents who are either using the Calvert Home Study Curriculum or who are thinking about it. Here you can find out more about Calvert, get tips on practically any aspect of using Calvert with your children, ask questions, share your expertise, and fellowship with other Calvert users. To subscribe, send a message to Calvert-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
CalvertMiddle -- This group is for parents or guardians of children in the middle school years who are using, or thinking of using, the Calvert School curriculum. If you are interested in discussions about this curriculum and age-group, conducted in a friendly, tolerant, non-religious, and spam-free forum, we look forward to meeting you! To subscribe, send a message to CalvertMiddle-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
CalvertChristianHSers -- This group is for Christian families who are using the Calvert curriculum in their homeschool journey. We strive to be a friendly bunch who help each other not only with the academics of homeschooling, but we also strive to help each other with ideas about integrating faith and life. We also welcome those who are considering using the curriculum and have questions for those already using it. To subscribe, send a message to CalvertChristianHSers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
CalvertCurriculum -- This listserv is for discussion and support of Calvert curriculum. To subscribe, send a message to CalvertCurriculum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Again, please recognize that all of these groups and others on the Yahoo! web site are operated independently of Calvert School. Therefore, Calvert School has no control over the content appearing on any of these forums.
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